Bianca Andreescu’s emotional comeback after 15 months on ended Wednesday after a second-round loss to Hsieh Su-wei while Serena Williams po...
Bianca Andreescu’s emotional comeback after 15 months on ended Wednesday after a second-round loss to Hsieh Su-wei while Serena Williams powered on to the third round dropping just three games at the Australian Open.
The2019 US Open champion was upset by the veteran from Taipei 6-3, 6-2 in one hour 23 minutes while the the 39-year-old American maintained her unbeaten run since emerging from 14-day quarantine with a 6-3, 6-0 drubbing of Nina Stojanovic in 69 minutes.
The Canadian was coming off a draining first-round victory, in her return after 15 months on the sidelines, where she defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu of Romania in three sets and broke down afterwards in tears.
A weary Andreescu appeared sluggish, however, amid the warm conditions on Rod Laver Arena and the world number 71 pounced to storm out to a 4-0 lead.
Hsieh’s momentum continued as she broke early in the second set and clinched victory with an Andreescu double fault.
Andreescu was set to make her comeback as top seed in the warm-up Grampians Trophy, but pulled out as a precautionary measure after spending 14 days in hard lockdown after arriving in Australia.
She had not played a competitive match ahead of the Australian Open since suffering a left knee injury at the...
